RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A short story of the short QT syndrome
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 41
OP 47
DO 10.3949/ccjm.80a.12029
VO 80
IS 1
A1 Hayan Al Maluli
A1 Arnold B. Meshkov
YR 2013
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/80/1/41.abstract
AB Short QT syndrome is a recently recognized cause of cardiac rhythm disorders, including sudden cardiac death. Although the syndrome is rare, its potential lethality justifies routinely screening the electrocardiograms of patients with syncope or unexplained atrial or ventricular arrhythmias to look for this diagnosis. This review discusses recent advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis of this syndrome and outlines some of the challenges in establishing the diagnosis.